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Overview

  • 12 references 9 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning French
  • 44, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • NGOs
  • Social Anthropologist
  • From Mexico City, Mexico
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life without hurting other sentient beings.

ABOUT ME

I love animals and nature and try to enjoy life without hurting other sentient beings, animals, plants, spirits. I am vegan, and see this as a philosophy, not just as a diet. When not travelling, I work with different NGO´s (women´s humans rights, environment, young people, social projects), and when travelling, I always try to volunteer, exchange experiences or at least try to reduce my footprint during my trip.

PHILOSOPHY

Ahimsa

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have met new family members through couchsurfing, surfing and hosting :D

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I can say that it has been one of the best parts of my trips.

Interests

Animals, environment, yoga, biking, bike trip, meditation, pacifism, women´s rights, circus (no animals), acrobacism, buddhism, hinduism.

  • animals
  • environment
  • vegan
  • triathlon
  • yoga
  • meditation
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • buddhist
  • teaching
  • volunteering
  • mountains
  • feminism
  • bicycle
  • bike trips
  • feminist

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Miyazaki, Wong Kar-Wai, Bollywood...
Books: Murakami, García Marquez, Isabel Allende, Kafka, long etc.
Music: World Music, Mantras

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I´ve biked from Vancouver to San Francisco in one month, bathe a couple of rescued elephants in Cambodia, walked along a penguin in New Zealand, sang some mantras with Budhist nuns in India, harvested coffee in Mexico´s mountains and a long etc because I think any trip brings you a lot of great experiences.

Teach, Learn, Share

I´m always a learner, I don´t feel like a teacher, but sometimes I like to know I have inspired someone or share the way I see the world, which is always colorful and positive.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain

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